Are prices of used 1098 models getting out of hand? £30,000 for a Bayliss! Wasn’t that just a paint job anyway?
That Bayliss may well be the limited edition 1098R Bayliss rep produced in 2009 which is changing hands at that price point. 1098/1198 asking prices do seem to be strong and have gone up in the last 4 or 5 months in the UK. Andy
It was a limited run of 500 worldwide of the later 2009 spec 1098R to celebrate Bayliss winning the 2008 World Superbike championship and cost about £26,000 new IRC. So yes, only a paint job and a plaque on the top yoke but as the plain red 1098Rs are increasing in value, the Bayliss holds the rareity premium. Andy
No, that’s exactly what it was regardless of run numbers, it’s just a paint job More interesting to know if any are selling at this money. There have been a few R models sold around 15k, anything 20plus hangs and hangs (when I’ve looked) and seem to come on the market every few months. Baylor’s seem to command the high R end values.
1098R is the last of the trellis frame Superbike. Look at the spec sheet, and it's a genuine piece of exotica and I can't see me selling mine. I actually prefer the red scheme over the Bayliss, even though the Bayliss is the limited edition (I'm not just saying that as I have the red 'un) As for values, you'll always get someone chancing their arm, but looking at the prices that some 888, 916, 916, 999, 998, 749 have been advertised for lately, I think this is not just a 1098R thing.
Yep, first sensible comment I've seen on these; same bike, same paint, just different colours! Cranked out by the same marketing machine that gave us the foggy rep, amongst others. It wouldn't get my vote hence I'm buying the plain vanilla common or garden 'R'.
It's not even that. I do some servicing on one and the artwork on the fairing panels is a vinyl wrap.
Agree, with you here Andy. It looks like they bottomed out the depreciation curve 18-24 months ago and maintained that level until recently. Certainly looks like the average asking price is slowly on the up now though. Hopefully they will continue this trend and one day @cookster will thank us all for talking him out of selling his 1198 rather than his R1
Is it good to see prices increasing? I certainly don't think so. We all like to think we've made a few bob but it's only a paper gain anyway until and if one decides to sell, then chances are that whatever you are buying will have increased concurrently. I would much rather see stable prices, representative of fair value. This would have the additional benefit of making bikes like these available to a broader market sector instead of just to cunts like me. Roll-on Christmas and my new 1098R!
